Startup RPM

[amazeer]

I checked my car on the way to work. Manual tsi. It too cuts the throttle with foot on the brake pedal! So I put my hand up as victim of talking through arse syndrome.

[ecks]

The real issue at hand here, is that we now know that when you heel-toe, you do so with the wastegate open.

[nomadx38]

Haha don't feel bad, this is how we learn. And in many ways what I thought was right wasn't exactly (can anyone say ohms!) haha.

Heel toe could be possible but it depends on how the turbo manages it. I'm not exactly sure how the turbo determines whether to open or close the waste-gate. It could close it thinking I needs boost from take off or open it until peek boost comes in so as to not starve the engine of air.

I do know you can't heel toe (or left for on the brake and right on the gas) with the DSG gearboxes. It's also the reason people complain of the DSG not engaging and slow to respond - that been their foot is probably just resting on the brake and cutting the throttle.

The diesel polo may be exempt from this system as there is no throttle body so excess boost and turbo flutter could never occur. It probably just a normal mechanical waste-gate instead of an electronic one

[VWplo]

wait so if i put my manual tsi in neutral , put one foot on the brake and the other on the gas, it wont rev? or will it just rev with the wastegate open?

[amazeer]

not sure the effect of the brake pedal but the engine will only rev to about 4000 in neutral... or was I in gear with the clutch in... not sure.

[nomadx38]

Yeah neutral caps the revs to 4000rpm - brake on or off. Same story for the DSG models

[Hail22]

Good topic, however I was informed of this the first day I got my car. Apologies for not replying any sooner!

Its quite normal and its advised that you keep your foot on the brake from ignition until the revs go down to "warmed" (800 RPM).

Don't take my word for it, Volkswagen North Shore advised me its quite safe!

[Barracuda]

Good topic, however I was informed of this the first day I got my car. Apologies for not replying any sooner!

Its quite normal and its advised that you keep your foot on the brake from ignition until the revs go down to "warmed" (800 RPM).

Don't take my word for it, Volkswagen North Shore advised me its quite safe!

Finally, a fellow North Shore Volkswagen attendee.

[Hail22]

Finally, a fellow North Shore Volkswagen attendee.

Why hello there fellow shopping trolley owner!

[Barracuda]

Why hello there fellow shopping trolley owner!

Hahahahah